The exhibition centers around Rembrandt's refusal to paint Jesus according to convention. Kirsch writes: "around 1648... [Rembrandt] broke with the convention, well-established in Western Europe... of portraying Christ as fair haired with aquiline features - more or less a visual descendent of a Greek god. Rembrandt looked to his Jewish neighbors in Amsterdam for a more likely model."

The show includes paintings, drawings and prints as well as works by Rembrandt's pupils.

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Edited by artist Brett Baker, Painters' Table highlights writing from the painting blogosphere as it is published and serves as a platform for exploring blogs that focus primarily on the subject of painting.